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Full Potential of Utility-grade Solar Requires “Intelligent” Management
Monday, February 8th, 2010
There is a lot of discussion in the industry about whether utilities are doing enough to implement solar in their smart grid initiatives. Today, solar energy accounts for <1% of all energy worldwide (per DOE numbers), which suggests that many utilities are not taking solar seriously. So, what is standing in the way of the [...]
U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2009
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
Since 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon has showcased design excellence in energy-efficient and solar energy-powered home design. The competition challenges 20 college teams from around the world to design, build, and operate the most attractive and efficient solar-powered house. The teams spend nearly two years transforming ideas into reality before transporting their [...]
Fat Spaniel 2.0
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Today, Fat Spaniel announced a new family of Lifecycle Management solutions for the renewable energy industry. Fat Spaniel Solar Plant Vision and Solar Operation Services build on the company’s experience pioneering technology and providing solutions for 2500 solar photovoltaic (PV) plants around the world. The first two Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) editions of Solar Plant Vision meet the [...]
SunSpec Alliance to Advance Renewable Energy Standards
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Charter Members Unite to Accelerate Industry Standards for Intelligent Device Interfaces and Drive the Adoption of Planet-Friendly Power…
Fat Spaniel Technologies Signs Engenuity Systems as Manufacturing Partner
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
Strategic Agreement Announced at Intersolar North America 2009 Underscores Commitment to Accelerate Alternative Energy Management…
Standardizing Solar Performance Metrics
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
Join Us at the SolarTech Performance Symposium on July 13, 2009 at the Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco…
Defining Today’s Utility-Grade Solar
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
There is a lot of discussion in the industry today about whether or not utilities are doing enough to implement solar. Today, solar energy currently only accounts for less than one percent of all energy worldwide (as SolarBuzz notes per DOE numbers), which suggests that many utilities are not taking solar seriously. So what is [...]
Fat Spaniel and METEOTEST Partner at Intersolar ‘09
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
At Intersolar 2009 in Munich, Fat Spaniel and METEOTEST Announce Plans to Enhance Renewable Energy Management with Integrated Access to Solar Meteorological Data…
Genera ‘09: SATEL Partnership, European Offices
Monday, May 11th, 2009
The Genera ’09 conference was held in Madrid, Spain last week. We have three very exciting pieces of news to share with you…
Thin-Film Solar: A Primer and a Case Study
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
Forbes recently mentioned thin-film solar as one of the “Five Technologies Set to Change the Decade…